airí

See also: airi, Airi, airī, and áirí

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

airí m (genitive singular airí, nominative plural airíonna)

  1. symptom
  2. attribute, characteristic, property
Declension
Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative airí airíonna
Vocative a airí a airíonna
Genitive airí airíonna
Dative airí airíonna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-airí na hairíonna
Genitive an airí na n-airíonna
Dative leis an airí

don airí

 leis na hairíonna
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

  1. (in phrases) plenty (of)
Declension
Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative airí
Vocative a airí
Genitive airí
Dative airí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an airí
Genitive na hairí
Dative leis an airí

don airí

Etymology 3

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Noun

airí f (genitive singular airí)

  1. desert (that which is deserved or merited)
  2. deserving person
Declension
Declension of airí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative airí
Vocative a airí
Genitive airí
Dative airí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an airí
Genitive na hairí
Dative leis an airí

don airí

Derived terms
  • anairí (“undeserving, ungrateful, person”)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

airí m pl

  1. plural of aire (“government minister”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

airí

  1. inflection of aireach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
airí n-airí hairí t-airí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “airí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “airí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
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